Hundreds of millions of dollars have yet to arrive, leaving municipal leaders wary of new proposed aid.
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AG offers no assurances on legality of Malloy budget order
Attorney General George Jepsen offered a legal opinion Tuesday that questioned the legality of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s plan to administer municipal aid in the absence of a state budget. But he offered Malloy and the legislature just one alternative — write a new state budget.
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Municipal aid hit will multiply as big grants are cut this week
The toll Connecticut’s budget standoff has taken on cities and towns will nearly quadruple this week as key education and general government grants will be reduced or withheld.
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It’s official: CT finances in deficit after seven weeks with no budget
Just over seven weeks into the new fiscal year without an approved budget, state finances — not surprisingly — are running $94 million in deficit, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration reported Monday.
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Overtime: General Assembly to return next week for budget vote
The leaders of the House and Senate Democratic majorities gave up Wednesday on adopting a new state budget before the legislature’s constitutional adjournment deadline of midnight, instead scheduling a special session for next week to finish its business for 2016.
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Bye urges colleagues, Malloy to scale back town aid cuts
The Senate chair of the General Assembly’s budget-writing panel challenged her colleagues and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Thursday to ease the municipal aid cuts they are seeking — or watch one budget be rejected after another. Sen. Beth Bye also fears many cities and towns already are making plans to increase property tax rates based on the state budgets proposed over the past week.
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Op-Ed: Greater transparency at CT hospitals equals more reports of error
A key element of improving patient safety in Connecticut hospitals is to increase transparency. This commonly results in higher rates of safety events and errors being reported.
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Greater transparency at CT hospitals equals more reports of error
A key element of improving patient safety in Connecticut hospitals is to increase transparency. This commonly results in higher rates of safety events and errors being reported.
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Op-ed: The hidden cost of MRSA
A universal policy to raise awareness of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections would be beneficial in halting the spread of this infection. The effective implementation of a national consensus guideline is critical in its prevention, because an increase in MRSA transmission is increasing the cost of health care. This needs to be addressed. The public’s […]